The Devourer

The Devourer

(Deity)

Titles

The Star-Eater

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Portfolio

Black holes
Destruction
Supernovas

Worshipers

Akiton, Apostae, the Diaspora, Eox, Verces

Symbol

Blood Accretion (a black hole tinged with red)
Black dot or swirl

Images of The Devourer

Source: Core Rulebook, pg(s). 485

The nameless, formless deity known as the Devourer or the Star-Eater is a primal force of entropy in the universe. It has no true name or form and is concerned only with the obliteration of all reality. It cannot be reasoned with, delayed, or halted, and it largely ignores even its own cultists. Its goal is to consume the entire Material Plane, leaving only an immeasurable void. Every machine that breaks, every living thing that dies, and every galaxy that goes dark is said to be a result of the Devourer's actions.

History

The Devourer is said to have been born in the same instant that the universe came into existence, or may even be remnant of a previous cycle of reality.

Servants

Atrocites are the Devourer's horrific agents who sometimes appear to groups who worship the god in order to reveal secret knowledge, give them specific missions, or lead their crusades. Since the Devourer can create nothing, atrocites have to borrow their appearance from other creatures, from common humanoids to squamous aberrations of the Dominion of the Black.

Cults

The Cult of the Devourer is a widespread interstellar and interspecies organisation who wage an endless war to destroy all existence in the Devourer's name. It has no specific headquarters, acknowledged leader nor formal hierarchy, only a collection of scattered cells. Many members are mere berserkers who revel in mayhem, although a few are surprisingly methodical, carefully planning and triggering calamities to maximise destruction. Devourer cults are banned on all civilised worlds, and usually operate on hidden asteroids or moons, or in itinerant fleets of starships that slaughter everything they encounter.

Some believe that should the Devourer ever complete its task and consume everything, it will give birth to a new reality. Its cultists know, however, that this is a lie, and that only the void is waiting for everyone.